PhD Administration

In my role as professor I supervise a number of phd students. I have noticed that phd students are also spending more time on the administration related to their candidacy. Most of these are are necessary and are part of their research training of course. They include completing ethics declaration forms, proposal related forms, obtaining access to facilities and computers, reporting each semester on their progress, forms related to conference travel and forms related to expenditure of any kind.

I am not sure what all of the above amounts to but it is quite a bit of time. Any student planning how long it will take to complete their phd should now factor in these types of administrative tasks if their plan is to be realistic.

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